Roger Grey, 1st Baron Grey de Ruthyn

Roger Gray was an English noble who on his father’s death in 1323 inherited the castle of Ruthin, plus lands in Wales and southern England. In the 1340s Gray served as soldier in Scotland and France. Later he served as a commissioner of array for Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire, where most of his estates were situated. At the time of his death Gray was worth £10,000, around 0.4% of net national income, or £4.4bn in 2010’s terms.